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Hochmaderer
The Hochmaderer from Bielerhöhe to the east
Highest point
Elevation2,823 m (AA) (9,262 ft)
Prominence318 m ↓ Hochmadererjoch
Isolation2.7 km → Zwillinge
Coordinates46°55′51″N 10°01′41″E / 46.930972°N 10.028°E / 46.930972; 10.028
Geography
Hochmaderer is located in AustriaHochmadererHochmadererVorarlberg, Austria
Parent rangeSilvretta

The Hochmaderer is a prominent mountain, 2,823 metres high, in the Silvretta in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, at the end of the Montafon valley. The multi-peaked block of primitive rock drops in mighty precipices to the south and east.

The mountain may be ascended from the lake of Vermuntsee (1,743 m / 3½ hours) or from the Tübinger Hut (2,190 m / 2¾ hours) up the little valley of Gantschettatäli (2,300 m) to the south and the Hochmadererjoch saddle (2,505 m / 1 hour).

View from the west over the Gantschettatäli valley and Hochmadererjoch saddle to the Hochmaderer (left)
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